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12 inspirational hand lettering books

April 24, 2017

At the start of the year I made the declaration that 2017 would be the year I’d finally try hand lettering. When I was a kid I’d drag out the old Letraset book and I would practice tracing the different fonts. The second job I had after leaving school was at a sign shop. As a sign designer I worked with hundreds of fonts and I learned a bunch about formatting and white space and how different fonts communicate messages differently. It was at this job that I developed a huge crush on old vintage signs. I so wanted to be able to do freehand work but I just didn’t have the confidence to try. Until now.

Thankfully we are blessed with an internet full of helpful tutorials and practice sheets to help novice hand letterers like me. I’ve also found inspiration in a couple of books about hand lettering. Want to know my favourites?

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Hi there! Welcome to my blog. My name is Kristie and I’m a BIG fan of paper. I love how it’s used as a medium for creativity. Be it in the form of art, stationery, books, magazines or crafts, the empty page is inspiring, don’t you think?